Mark 7:27

But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not right to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the dogs.

Revised King James New Testament

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But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

In Context

26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth; and she begged him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

28And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:6Do not give that which is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Matthew 15:23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us.

Romans 15:8Now I say that Christ became a minister to the circumcised for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers:

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:25-31

The Syrophenician Woman. 24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the… Read the whole commentary →

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